teleportation

noun

tele·​por·​ta·​tion ˌte-lə-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce teleportation (audio)
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1
: the act or process of moving an object or person by psychokinesis
2
in fiction : instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space

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The superstar stepped into his makeshift teleportation machine on Sunday evening with a packed party at the Caribbean Social Club, better known as Toñitas. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025 Despite the sci-fi connotation of the word teleportation, there’s nothing mystical or other-worldly about it, either. Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025 The entangled states then enabled a quantum data transfer process called teleportation. Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025 The movie centers on Seth Brundle (Goldblum), a visionary scientist who suffers a mishap during a teleportation experiment, leading him to slowly and gruesomely transform into a human-fly hybrid. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for teleportation 

Word History

Etymology

tele- + transportation

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of teleportation was in 1931

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“Teleportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleportation. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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